Michigan may have been shot down in its efforts to get around 400-million dollars in extra education funding from the federal Race to the Top program, but that doesn�t mean school districts won�t still have to obey new rules that were passed in order to qualify for those grants. Saint Joseph Schools Superintendent Al Skibbe tells us that many of the reforms that lawmakers approved late last year for Race to the Top could prove to be costly:
Skibbe says he understands why Michigan was left out of the first round of Race to the Top grants:
Benton Harbor Superintendent Carole Schmidt says that this whole issue will raise some questions in the coming months:
Schmidt says that she was looking forward to the program, as Benton Harbor stood to gain quite a bit:
She says it�s not exactly clear how much the district would have received, but no matter the amount, it would have been helpful. Schmidt hopes the state can get in on Race to the Top with the next round of grant funding.
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